Computer Scientist (GS-11/12/13) at Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) - University of the District of Columbia : Job Details

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• Position located in: Info & Tech Dir, Assessment Analysis & Assignment, AI Center of Excellence, Tech Solution Dev. ZTFDA
• Duty Location Negotiable throughout the Continental US, After Selection
• Pay will be set in accordance with the duty station.

Duties

• Apply knowledge and skill of relevant mathematical and statistical sciences, computer theory, algorithms, data structures, programming concepts, and computer architecture, with a working knowledge of computer hardware.
• Develop and apply principles, theories, and techniques of computer science, software engineering, hardware design, enterprise computing, commercial cloud adoption, and information engineering.
• Direct the research of complex automated processes in the development of information systems in support of AI's goal of accelerating the delivery of AI automation and AI-enabled capabilities, services, and systems for the agency.
• Research the applicability of new technological developments in the field to solve continuing problems or meet current/future needs of the agency's AI information systems infrastructure.
• Define and design mappings and models of technical computing architectures, high-speed systems architectures, interconnection structures, centralized and distributed control, data-driven architectures, and parallel programming languages.
• Develop performance measures and performance models for automated information systems components and networks to define configuration design tools and establish evaluation criteria for the acquisition of products.

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship or National
• Registered for Selective Service (if applicable)
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• New employees to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

Resumes for federal government positions need more detailed work descriptions and accomplishments than a typical private sector resume. Please be sure to clearly describe the full scope of your work experiences in your resume.

BASIC REQUIREMENT:Bachelor's degree in computer science OR bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and coursework must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-11:In addition to the Basic Competency Requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade GS-09 in the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.Specialized experience is defined as: Developing software systems; transforming and integrating information structures, new computing systems, or computer software and/or hardware solutions.

FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-12:In addition to the Basic Competency Requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade GS-11 in the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.Specialized experience is defined as: Developing software systems; transforming and integrating information structures, new computing systems, or computer software and/or hardware solutions; solving a variety of technical challenges/problems throughout the entire automated information systems life cycle; conducting extensive and rigorous AI problem framing, solutions design and conceptualization, product prototyping, and micro-services system architecture integration in support of AI product development.

FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-13:In addition to the Basic Competency Requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade GS-12 in the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.Specialized experience is defined as: Advising Senior Leadership on the development of software systems; transformation and integration of information structures, new computing systems, computer software and hardware solutions; solving a variety of technical challenges/problems throughout the entire automated information systems life cycle; representing an organization in briefings, planning conferences, and review meetings, with other functional, technical, and professional staff members; providing technical advisement on data and AI-related technical feasibility.

Education

FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-11:Substitution of education for experience:A qualifying Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. Equivalent combinations of successfully completed higher-level graduate-level education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply.

FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-12 AND GS-13:Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at these grade levels.